"You really want to take them out of here, don't you?" The system asked thoughtfully."Yes, how do I do it?" He asked firmly, filled with determination."You need to elevate two ranks of cultivation, broaden your spiritual sea, and toughen up your body's defense. And it's very difficult," the system said, making Anthony's heart tighten."What's cultivation?" Anthony asked in confusion."Those ranks and points you're seeing in the system like physical strength, mental strength, endurance, internal energy purity and density, when all of it is calculated, it gives you the aggregate measurement of the rank. In this world, according to the level of your current strength and abilities, you're in the mid-level saint realm. So if you want to take them away, you have to break through to high level saint realm, and subsequently enter the demigod threshold so that your body's toughness will be better suited to withstand the suction pressure when I try to transport you guys. If you're not strong
"Congratulations master, you have been awarded the alchemy god's pot," the system concluded impatiently, making Anthony rise from the 'dead'."You should have mentioned the pot first instead of frightening me," Anthony said resentfully."Hurry and set down an energy gathering formation, using the technique you just won," the system instructed.Anthony quickly began to learn how to set down the energy gathering formation, in five minutes he was done.Bing Yu and Chan Feng ran into the room when they felt the strong energy pouring down on their house. "Are they leaving already? I've not said goodbye to my son," Bing Yu whispered in alarm, rushing to the room.However, she saw her son still sitting peacefully at the edge of the room while Anthony was holding a red stone, while a circular space before him was swirling with energy."Are you about to leave?" She asked in confusion."No, I was told to break through to a higher rank If I want to take more people. So, I'm trying to force a br
The sounds of people hacking down on the fence became increasingly much, filling the three people with dread.Bing Yu rushed inside the room to check on Anthony, wondering why he was not yet done.Mo Lan stood beside the bags they packed in the central living room, fiddling with his fingers, obviously nervous.A huge thump sounded outside the walls, showing that the first layer of the eastern wall has been successfully torn down.Beads of perspiration ran down Chan Feng's body as he watched them tear down the outer layer, which was the stone wall. The inner layer made of bamboo and mud will be quick work since they already pulled down the main defense of the house.He forced his food down, trying to feign an 'I-don't-care' attitude, but his food was seriously choking him, no matter how much he tries to swallow it down.Soon the last vestiges of the sun disappeared, throwing the valley into a state of partial darkness, where you can no longer clearly see the lines of your palm.Chan Fe
Anythony gritted his teeth as beads of perspiration ran down his body.He quickly encircled the ship with his energy, trying to ward off the attacks.However, the weapons and attacks made short work of the energy-shield which Anthony had erected round the ship, making the attacks land on the ship itself.Anthony vomited blood from the impact, feeling dizzy.Xi Wu launched the weapon once again, propelling it with his strongest attack, making Anthony despair.The rest were lying beneath him, so they don't really know the state of things, making them hold tightly to Anthony, keeping their faith steadfast.The momentum from the weapon immediately alarmed Anthony when he felt it, the aura of danger was palpable. He quickly encircled the ship with another shield of energy feeling frustrated.If the attack lands on the ship once more, it will disintegrate.The weapon made quick work of Anthony's energy shield, going straight towards the ship, and sending a groan out of Anthony's lips.But
Anthony landed on the patio of a huge mansion, sending the three tumbling down from his back.He held his heart and neck, choking up. He began to vomit blood, his face contorting in pain from the backlash of overdrawing his strength."Young master An, young master An," Bing Yu shouted, carrying up the unconscious Anthony and placing his head on her thighs, trying to rouse him."What's happening?" Mo Lan asked in tears, holding Anthony's hands as they tried to resuscitate him."He's probably suffering from qi deviation. He overdrew his strength while trying to take us along, in addition to the numerous attacks he had to endure along the way," Chan Feng whispered guiltily, making Bing Yu cry helplessly."Brother An, please wake up. How are we going to explain to the emperor?" Mo Lan whispered, tears and snot running down his face as he held Anthony's cold hands."Where are we?" Bing Yu asked, making everyone look around.They have been so preoccupied with Anthony that they totally forgo
Annabelle blushed as she watched Anthony who was lying in the huge tub of warm water in his underpants.Anthony began to slip underwater, unable to sit steady on his own, making her scream in fright.She hurriedly dived to the tub to catch his weight and prevent him from going underwater, but she ended up getting pulled straight into the tub, startling a scream out of her mouth as she landed on Anthony's body.She gasped and heaved as she pulled him up to the edge, supporting his weight with the tub.Annabelle bit her lips, touching her flaming cheeks as she stared at Anthony's body. His body was lean with well packed muscles and abs, there was not an ounce of fat in sight.Her eyes went to his peaceful sleeping face, tracing the contours of his face with her fingers.She grabbed the sponge and began to clean him up, taking deep breaths of his inviting body wash.Soon she was done with every part of his body, except his waist region because he was still wearing his underpants.Annabel
"If this is a bullet wound gotten from criminal activities, I will be asking for more than I bargained for if complications arise. Even if saving people is my duty, it shouldn't come at the expense of my life," He said stubbornly, making Annabelle frown."It's not a bullet wound, except for a few bruises here and there, there's no other wound on his physical body. The injury seems to be internal, he was vomiting blood when we found him," Annabelle quickly answered."Internal injuries, could it be poison?" He asked, pushing them away as he walked towards Anthony to examine him.Anthony immediately got restless."Damn it! I didn't call for any doctor. He could be an enemy here to end me," Anthony shrieked in his mind, trying to wake up to no avail.He could only helplessly listen to them."He looks really pale, could it be internal bleeding?" The doctor asked worriedly, making Annabelle's heart sink further into her belly."Please just do all you can to wake him up as soon as possible.
Anthony kept trying to move his limbs, feeling infuriated by the system. "Relax, I will give you the meridian refining pill. So that you will be even stronger when you wake up. The backlash from overdrawing yourself and forcing a breakthrough had partially shattered your internal organs, and blood vessels, causing a leak in your dantian. But after I administer the pill to you, you will return to your best self. And become even stronger, isn't the emperor thoughtful?" The system asked, still wasting Anthony's precious time, making him curse her in his mind helplessly.He was literally a meat on the chopping block in his current condition."When you were rewarded with this pill, you probably thought you wouldn't be needing it any time soon, making you sigh in disappointment. But your luck is quite good, it has always been," the system said, releasing a golden pill into his dantian.Anthony felt the warm energy begin to spread from the pit of his stomach to every part of his body. After
Mo Lan’s pale, sweaty face was the first Aryan saw the moment he regained consciousness. A wide smile broke on his face as Mo Lan hugged him crying. “It's so good to finally see your face, the soul mate that lighted the beacon, guiding me out of darkness. Has the rest left the mystic lands?” Aryan whispered, rubbing his back. “Big brother, we have a lot to say to each other, but we only have two minutes left, let's go.” Anthony shouted, making him notice the other two. Anthony quickly carried up Aryan while Mo Lan grabbed Annabelle, quickly racing to the front porch. They met an open space craft, making them surprised. “Hurry up!” Sean shouted, coming out from the vehicle. “Why are you still here?” Aryan whispered in surprise. Anthony and Mo Lan staying back was no surprise due to their bond. But Kaiser and Sean staying back was a mystery. “How can we leave our brothers to weather storms alone? Lynda is leading the rest away. Ryan, Aria, Jasmine and Angel are in the other vehic
“Has Mo Lan come out yet? It has already been a week. We have been asked to leave this place and we only have twelve hours left.” Anthony whispered, watching his watch. All of their luggages and things they consider important which didn't belong exclusively to the mystic lands have been packed up and arranged for take off. However, four people were visibly absent while others were ready to take off. But at least, everyone knew where two of them could be seen. Ryan was rushing his last minute cultivation while trying to condense demi god threshold. While Annabelle was upstairs in her room cultivating as if the urgent messages from the system had no relation to her. “I don't really know what's wrong with Mo Lan. He had disappeared to who knows where ever since last week when Annabelle broke into the demi god realm. Could it be that he got backlash while trying to help her breakthrough?” Sean asked with a frown. “It can't be that. If he was truly wounded, there was no way Annabelle wou
“Why do you keep avoiding my eyes? Look at me! I need you to pay attention if we're to succeed.” Mo Lan snapped impatiently, making Annabelle jump in fright. She had thought that Mo Lan would stalk away after she gave in to her baser instincts and slapped him. But surprisingly, he endured it and told her to get dressed. He had taken her to the mountain, explaining the principles of law formations and stopping at intervals on places with stronger law activities to cultivate and gain deeper understanding on the principles behind their formations and functions. When they got up the mountain, he had taken her on a hands-on combat training class, but she never seemed to fully concentrate, wondering why he was still helping her. “Fine, sit cross legged, let's start dual cultivation and attempt a breakthrough. But before then, I will set a formation around this mountain to prevent your aura and heavenly manifestations from reflecting when you eventually break through.”“Why are you so sur
It was exactly 12 a.m when Mo Lan creeped into Annabelle’s room again and locked the door. He had met Jasmine in the pool while cultivating earlier that evening leading to an unpleasant encounter. He had thought that everyone was still celebrating Ryan and left to cultivate after taking care of Aryan. He had packed the treasure’s milky drops that were collected in the container and replaced it with a new container after stashing away the initial one.Mo Lan had stripped down to his birthday suit and gotten into the pool, only to notice a movement. He teleported to the spot and caught Jasmine trying to crawl away. And all her tearful explanations about how she had been there before him couldn't save her from the tongue lashing he dosed out on her. After such an unpleasant experience, common sense dictates that he takes a bath and sleeps to unwind. But of course, Mo Lan had never been one to follow common sense. He had continued his bone crushing exercises to train, before going on to
The loud cheers he heard downstairs for dinner made him frown. Why were they cheering so much, even if someone broke through, what was the big deal about it? Weren't they breaking through every other day? Literally, since they arrived, there has been someone breaking through every three days or less. So why was this one special? Or has Anthony reached the god realm? That must be it! ‘Oh no, I forgot to tell him the matter about superior god laws. Breaking through in a lower realm ain't good, the space laws will encumber him the moment we leave here.’ Mo Lan muttered and quickly rushed down to the dining room where the commotion was coming from. Everyone was circling Ryan and Angel was jumping up and down. “Ryan, didn't I tell you to…” He began to say angrily, thinking that Ryan disobeyed him and used the treasures to keep forcing a breakthrough to the saint or demi god realm. “Big brother, big brother.” Ryan whispered in a tearful voice and threw himself into Mo Lan's arms, huggin
Mo Lan went down on his knees before Annabelle the moment he came into the cultivation room. She was sitting cross legged, with eyes closed, churning the energy she received to incorporate it to her own body. Soon, the timer went off and the spiritual energy beams from the aura gathering formation receded. She opened her eyes and exhaled stale air filled with impurities. “Anna, come and eat. I made your favorite beef and chicken stew with rice. There is also a jug of immortal fruit juice to refresh your body and release more energy.” He whispered with a smile and knelt before her, setting out her meals. She smiled at him, watching him serve her. “Our Mo Lan now cooks dishes that are more tasty than mine. He's all grown up now.” She whispered, shutting her eyes as she savored the dishes. “Don't tempt me now. You won't like the results.” Mo Lan whispered, his voice deep as he watched her lick her lips. “You're the one misunderstanding my actions. Or do you plan to throw around the
“Ryan, come into the lab once you're done eating. It's time to repair your leg and get you new ones.” Anthony said, making Ryan's chopsticks halt halfway to his mouth. “Are you serious?” He whispered, his heartbeat accelerated at the thought that he could finally regain the use of both feet, instead of drifting around on one. “Of course, will this big brother lie to you? The drafts are ready and I spent all morning getting it ready before I went for the morning exercises. Besides, that treasure Mo Lan spoke about, I went to check it out last night and saw that a milky drop of liquid was forming at a point. So, I placed a collecting container in the space where it was meant to fall into. When I checked this morning, around two drops had dropped into the container. Although it's two drops, the life energy was incredibly thick and has the ability to regenerate body parts. Although I wanted to use it for Aryan, I think yours cannot wait. There are other methods to help Aryan, but thi
“How come I have never seen Annabelle today? She's not even in her room. Has anyone seen her?” Anthony asked, walking into the dining room. He had just returned from the miracle pool where he went for his morning meditation and realized that Annabelle was still nowhere to be seen. “Who exactly do you expect to answer that question? If you don't know where she is, who should?” Mo Lan asked harshly, and walked past him carrying a heavy tray laden with various aromatic dishes. Anthony frowned and turned to him, looking surprised. “Mo Lan, you have been getting more and more sassy nowadays. Now you even talk back to me of all people; your big brother.” “Big brother, my ass. Have you seen how tired and sick she looks? Yet she fucking smiles for everyone. She's exhausted but wouldn't take a break till I offered to make the dishes for today. If you're going to turn her into a slave, working even when she's exhausted, then you shouldn't have made her believe that lie you told her. Y
“Really? How come I never remember calling you mom? The only one I remember is in Seattle waiting for us since we left years ago. I can call you mom though, but that's under special conditions, with you in my arms. Mommy, I want some milk. Is it that kind of mommy?” He asked and bit his lips, enjoying her horrified expression. “Mo Lan, when did you get so rotten and raw? Who the fuck are you? Because the person before me ain't my Mo Lan. Mo. Lan, even if I'm too young to be your mother, you're still my son. You're the son of my heart.” Annabelle whispered, and took a step away from him “Really? Since you want to be my mom so bad, I agree. I also want to know what those step mother and son movies feel like in real life. We should experiment and see what it feels like to love someone you consider your son in a romantic way? Do you want to call me baby too? Mommy, if you're happy with that big dick brother of mine, I will keep my paws off you. But he leaves you lonely, horny, and feeli